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Celebrating 12 Years of Innovation in Materials and Catalysis R&D

November 2, 2025
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We are proud to mark a 12-year milestone in our successful partnership with REALCAT driving breakthroughs in materials and catalysis discovery through high-throughput automation and advanced characterization.

Powered by Bruker/Chemspeed AUTOPLANT and CATIMPREG workstations, M4 Tornado XRF, D8 DISCOVERY XRD and the recently delivered AUTOFLEX MaX and Biotyper Sirius MALDI, we have completed 400+ projects with industrial and academic partners across 20+ countries.

This collaboration has been instrumental in accelerating the discovery of new catalysts and materials through high-throughput (HT) automated solutions. The integration of AI, FAIR data management and automated data processing, paves the way for a Self-Driving Lab (SDL).

We invite you to explore selected recent publications that highlight the cutting-edge REALCAT research enabled by our technologies:

Process-constrained batch Bayesian approaches for yield optimization in multi-reactor systems DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108779

Design of a multi-well plate for high-throughput characterization of heterogeneous catalysts by XRD, FT-IR, Raman and XRF spectroscopies DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ra08216b

High-throughput quantitative screening of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and insulin content using automated MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12060849

 Fully integrated high-throughput methodology for the study of Ni- and Cu-based supported catalysts for glucose hydrogenation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.cattod.2019.05.041

About Centrale Lille Institute:

Founded in 1854, Centrale Lille is a public institution that trains high-level engineers and researchers. Its four engineering schools, École Centrale de Lille (general engineering), ITEEM (engineering management and entrepreneurship), IG2I (engineers for information systems and innovative industrial systems), and ENSCL (chemical engineers) have a total of around 2,000 students and are now a benchmark in the academic world. Centrale Lille also offers 16 master's programs, including 6 taught entirely in English, 3 doctorates, 7 research laboratories, and 2 international associated laboratories.

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